Quantitative Proteomics for Xenopus Embryos II, Data Analysis. Author Matthew Sonnett, Meera Gupta, Thao Nguyen, Martin Wühr Publication Year 2018 Type Journal Article Abstract The oocytes, embryos, and cell-free lysates of the frog Xenopus laevis have emerged as powerful models for quantitative proteomic experiments. In the accompanying paper (Chapter 13) we describe how to prepare samples and acquire multiplexed proteomics spectra from those. As an illustrative example we use a 10-stage developmental time series from the egg to stage 35 (just before hatching). Here, we outline how to convert the ~700,000 acquired mass spectra from this time series into protein expression dynamics for ~9000 proteins. We first outline a preliminary quality-control analysis to discover any errors that occurred during sample preparation. We discuss how peptide and protein identification error rates are controlled, and how peptide and protein species are quantified. Our analysis relies on the freely available MaxQuant proteomics pipeline. Finally, we demonstrate how to start interpreting this large dataset by clustering and gene-set enrichment analysis. Keywords Animals, Humans, Time Factors, Mass Spectrometry, Cluster Analysis, Proteomics, Proteome, Xenopus Proteins, Xenopus laevis, Embryo, Nonmammalian, Peptides, Gene Ontology, Data Analysis Journal Methods Mol Biol Volume 1865 Pages 195-215 Date Published 2018 ISSN Number 1940-6029 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-8784-9_14 Alternate Journal Methods Mol Biol PMCID PMC6534117 PMID 30151768 PubMedPubMed CentralGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML